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Restraint contains risks that need to be proactively managed. A recent independent report into deaths in custody calls for greater accountability. SecuriCare discuss the need to talk about restraint openly.http://www.securicare.com/blog/deaths-in-custody-report-published/

Radio 5 Live have revealed the shocking extent of restraint in special schools. Securicare provide training on safe holding and restraint reduction trainers@securicare.com. SHOCKING stats In England, only nine out of 153 local authorities provided the BBC with figures. Of those that did, there were 6,262 reports of restraints, resulting in 360 injuries in the […]

It is crucial for new entrants to the health and social care sector that they understanding why challenging behaviour occurs. Securicare explore the issue. New entrants to the health and social care sector may be forgiven for mistaking ‘challenging behaviour’ for aggression or violence. It’s perhaps easy to lose sight of what is happening amid […]

SecuriCare Preventing & Managing Challenging Behaviour programme is an examination of the terminology used to describe behaviour, and exactly what it means. How important are words? In a recent Independent newspaper article, Erin Grufydd, a 17 year old who experienced a terror of speaking, talks about how her behaviour (selective Mutism) was misconstrued by staff […]